WILL THE PEOPLE OF KARABAKH ACCEPT THE CURRENT OPTION?
Lragir
Jan 9 2008
Armenia
"I came in touch with the government of Karabakh, the people of
Karabakh, I believe the people of Karabakh would not accept what
Levon Ter-Petrosyan was up for with regard to the settlement of
the Karabakh conflict and what might have been the reason for his
resignation," stated the Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanyan
in a news conference on January 9.
He said the option of resolution to which Levon Ter-Petrosyan
agreed and the option the Armenian government is now negotiating are
essentially different. "I don’t want to say one is good and the other
is bad, but they are essentially different," Vardan Oskanyan told
reporters, noting that the Armenian government negotiates a package
solution based on the right of Karabakh for self-determination.
As to the statements on the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,
Vardan Oskanyan says they should be viewed in two contexts. "One is
the adjacent territories around Karabakh, the other is whether the
territorial integrity is mentioned as a way of resolution or fixing
some moment," Vardan Oskanyan says, noting that both contexts should
be taken into consideration when such statements are observed or
analyzed. "Certainly, different ideas may be uttered at different
parliamentary rostrums, governments, for one political purposes, or
another different statements may be made. For us, the negotiations,
the basic issues and the statements on the future status of Karabakh
are primary. Independent from what everyone says, for us the right
of the people of Karabakh for self-determination is important,"
Vardan Oskanyan says.
As to the new proposals of the OSCE Minsk Group offered during the
meeting of the OSCE ministers in Madrid, Vardan Oskanyan says Armenia
has a lot to say in this connection, but declined to say whether
Armenia’s stance is positive or negative. Armenia will express its
stance during the regional visit of the co-chairs in January. Vardan
Oskanyan declined to mention the exact date of the visit, noting
that the preliminary date of the visit on January 14 and 15 is not
convenient for Armenia and they will let the co-chairs know.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
